Bombe

Backcover/How They Did It: Period Imperfect
March 29, 2017

Dan Strout's tall clock is a blend of traditional Scottish, French, Dutch, and American period details
Bombe Chest of Drawers
December 3, 2013

Woodworker Joseph P. Klosek challenged his abilities as a cabinetmaker with this bombé chest of drawers.
Boston’s Bombe Love Affair
June 6, 2013

Find out how the Bombe style arrived in colonial America, and what it takes for a craftsman to pull off woodworking's Mount Everest
Bombe Chest of Drawers
October 24, 2012

Woodworker: Austin CampbellMost woodworkers see the bombé chest of drawers as the ultimate tour-de-force, so it’s particularly impressive that Campbell made this mahogany and white pine bombé as...
Cogswell Bombé Chest Reproduction
October 24, 2012

Woodworker: John P. McCormack McCormack built this piece as a student at the North Bennet Street School. He based it on a John-Cogswell-attributed chest in the Museum of Fine Arts…
Bombe-style Chest of Drawers
October 24, 2012

O’Donnell commissioned Bombe-style chest reproduction from slabs of solid mahogany. The piece is one of only four in existence.
Bombe-style Desk
October 24, 2012

McLean built this 18th-century reproduction from mahogany, poplar and brass. The desk has a linseed oil and french-polish finish.
Mahogany Bombe Chest on Chest
January 15, 2009

This is a reproduction of a Bombe Chest on Chest, part of the furniture collection at the DeWitt Wallace Museum, Williamsburg, VA You can watch a slide show video of…
Boston Bombé Chest
April 1, 1984

Bulging drawer fronts are all shaped at once

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